squalorous

Pieces' was a fact-tinged piece of fiction, plenty of readers swore off ever picking up another memoir that purported to recall a writer's squalorous, drug-abusing past.

Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers Omnivoracious 2009

Pieces' was a fact-tinged piece of fiction, plenty of readers swore off ever picking up another memoir that purported to recall a writer's squalorous, drug-abusing past.

Shelfari: Omnivoracious 2009

After the revelation in 2006 that James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" was a fact-tinged piece of fiction, plenty of readers swore off ever picking up another memoir that purported to recall a writer's squalorous, drug-abusing past.

In the Gutter, Seeing God 2009

But while we're complaining, I have decided that if I could choose only two things to add to my lovely home--which I have come to quite love, despite its size (small) and squalor (omnipresent) (though I must remind myself that the squalor comes from us, not the home, for we were squalorous in Red State as well, in a somewhat more substantial home)--the two things I would add, if I could only add two, would be a linen closet and a porch or deck on the second floor (which is our first floor).

Archive 2006-07-01 Becca 2006

But while we're complaining, I have decided that if I could choose only two things to add to my lovely home--which I have come to quite love, despite its size (small) and squalor (omnipresent) (though I must remind myself that the squalor comes from us, not the home, for we were squalorous in Red State as well, in a somewhat more substantial home)--the two things I would add, if I could only add two, would be a linen closet and a porch or deck on the second floor (which is our first floor).

Summer Frustration Becca 2006